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Describes and evaluates alternative approaches within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to representing the structure of language at the level of form. This book describes and evaluates alternative approaches within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to representing the structure of language at the level of form.

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Author:   Robin P. Fawcett (Cardiff University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   206
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9789027237132

ISBN 10:   9027237131
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   13 November 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. An invitation; 3. List of figures; 4. Preface; 5. Preface to the 2010 paperback edition; 6. 1 Introduction; 7. PART 1: PROLEGOMENON TO THE THEORY; 8. 2 SFL's original theory of syntax: Scale and Category Grammar; 9. 3 The place of syntax in a modern Systemic Functional Grammar; 10. 4 Halliday's later changes to the Scale and Category model; 11. 5 Syntax in a generative systemic functional grammar; 12. 6 The major concepts of An Introduction to Functional Grammar; 13. 7 The problem of the representations in IFG (and an alternative approach); 14. 8 Some proposals for systemic syntax ; 15. PART 2: THE NEW THEORY; 16. 9 A theory of syntax potential; 17. 10 A new theory of instances of syntax: (1) the categories of syntax; 18. 11 A new theory of instances of syntax: (2) the relationships between 'categories'; 19. 12 Summary, conclusions and prospects; 20. Appendix A: A fragment of a generative systemic functional grammar; 21. Appendix B: A summary of English syntax for the text analyst; 22. Appendix C: The 'rank scale' debate; 23. References; 24. Index

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